STEM Center STEM Education Research Minority Scholar Colloquium Series

Dr. ReAnna S. Roby,  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Teacher Education, Michigan State University

The Afterlife of Black Girls and Women in STEM: Narrative Reimaginings of STEM and Making

While Henrietta Lacks died a physical death in 1951, the ways in which she is made part of the science cannon and curriculum — as well as other Black women—is still living and becoming. As an enterprise, STEM access and participation has been limited to minoritized people, due to socio-historical factors and the continued issues of power and authority related to the masculine Eurocentric culture of the field. This in turn can be reflected in STEM as a practice (e.g. Medicine, Research, etc.) as well as in science learning (formally and informally). This study explores the ways in which the historical narrative of Henrietta Lacks, the living narratives of Black women science PhDs and the futuristic narratives of Black girls in a community-based STEM-rich makerspace disrupt what we know as STEM while prompting reimaginings of STEM curriculum and “Making”.

Monday, February 11, 2019 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm

George I. Sanchez Building (SZB), 352
1912 SPEEDWAY , Austin, Texas 78705

Event Type

Academics, Science & Tech

Departments

College of Education

Target Audience

Students, Staff, Faculty

Website

https://education.utexas.edu/news/201...

Cost

FREE

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